What is the name of your state?MN
My husband was driving the company truck back from an out of state job when they were stopped for a routine commercial vehicle inspection. There was no proof of insurance in the truck , no log book , and my husband did not have a DOT health card. He was issued a citation and yesterday received a summons to appear in court regarding these charges. My husband was unaware that he had to have a health card to drive, his employer never informed him of that. As for the insurance there was insurance the card was just not in the truck and the company failed to provide a log book for the truck. My husband feels this is all the companies responsibility since he wasnt stopped for speeding or any other violation. The court he is due to appear in is over 2 hrs from here and he would have to take the day off work to go there. He wants the company to pay him his days wages and any fines he may get since they failed to provide him with the required documents to legally drive and failed to inform him of the need for a health card. He has worked for them for almost 1 yr driving the truck and they never told him about it. What can he do here? he doesnt want this to go on his driving record.
My husband was driving the company truck back from an out of state job when they were stopped for a routine commercial vehicle inspection. There was no proof of insurance in the truck , no log book , and my husband did not have a DOT health card. He was issued a citation and yesterday received a summons to appear in court regarding these charges. My husband was unaware that he had to have a health card to drive, his employer never informed him of that. As for the insurance there was insurance the card was just not in the truck and the company failed to provide a log book for the truck. My husband feels this is all the companies responsibility since he wasnt stopped for speeding or any other violation. The court he is due to appear in is over 2 hrs from here and he would have to take the day off work to go there. He wants the company to pay him his days wages and any fines he may get since they failed to provide him with the required documents to legally drive and failed to inform him of the need for a health card. He has worked for them for almost 1 yr driving the truck and they never told him about it. What can he do here? he doesnt want this to go on his driving record.